THE CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15460, 13 December 1915, Page 7

THE CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.

GERMAN IMtESS CO MM EXT. SOCIALIST PAPER'S REMARKS FORBIDDEN. MIXED RECEPTION RY OTHER •JOURNALS. (Rccoivecl Docombcr 12th. p.m.) COPENHAGEN. Dcwnbor 11. Thf "Yorwart*" announces that thr censorship Ins forbidden publication 0 f its fflmnienu cn ihe debate in the Rcichstag. The Socialir-ts evince the

inon intense dissatisfaction with the action of the eousor. AMSTERDAM, December 10. The German Press comments extensively on Dr. von Bothmann-lloihvcg's speech. The "Berliner Tageblatt" says the Chancellor v.ns wise whet) Is® refused to make suggestions regarding peace, and warns liim not to be misled by '"supcr-armcxionist" pan-Germans, who believe that Germany desires to annex half of Europe. The "Deutsche Tageszeitung" welcomes the speech, and adds: —"Xow even our blindest enemies know how wo stand, and how determined we are to win." COPENHAGEN*. December 10. Some of tlie Berlin journals receive tho SDeerh coolly, ;i large section of the public are bitterly disappointed. The ''Yossische Zeitung" frankly admits that the Chancellor deceived everybody. Tho spce.-a consisted only of polemics, which ran out to painful littleness, against British hypocrisy. VICTORY NOT IN' SIGHT. WAR OK ATTRITION TO BE AVOIDED. MAXIMILIAN* HARDEN SPEAKS. ("Time*" and "Sydney Sun" Scrrices.) LOND-ON December 10. Maximilian Harden,® editor ot ' Die Zukunft." lecturing in Berlin, said: — "Wo have not beaten a, single enemy, to say nothing of defeating the totality of then. Sonn? victory must lie reached, though tho task will bo monstrously hard. Germany must avoid n war ct attrition at all costs, therefore the people must make further sacrifices and endure further privations. The Government must tell tho people the real truth." The military authorities approved of the lecture, and read the text before its delivery. LONDON PRESS SARCASTIC. THE CHANCELLOR'S GRANDIOSE HEROICS. <"Tune«" anrl "Sydney Run" P»»rric*o ( Received December 12th, ij.o n.m.") LONDON", December 10. The newspapers are sarcastic at. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg's expense. They point out that Germany has ;jot no change out of tho hiufT which commenced with tho wireless references to her readiness to make peace. Italy's signing of the. peace agreement left the Chancellor nothing to do hut to display his gr.iudiose heroics in tho Reichstag.